Today, in recognition of current holidays such as Passover and Easter, Donna Tara Lee and I covered the topic of dealing with anti-gay relatives during the holidays.

We agree today’s show was one of our best (so far)!  Please feel free to listen and forward the link to anyone you wish.

We talked about the varieties of disapproval GLBT’s face, why people become anti-gay (it’s not them it’s their beliefs) and we talked a great deal about how to address this issue if it presents itself in your life.

We also touched on the serious issue of suicide and the holidays.  I offered a great resource called the Suicide Prevention Hot Line at 1-800-723-TALK.

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I have been reflecting on the senseless LA Fitness shootings in a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this week.  The murders and suicide were committed by a 48 year old single man by the name of George Sodini, who had apparently become so isolated and enraged about not ‘having a life’, including a wife, that he decided to express that rage towards innocent women and then, himself.

Could these murders have been prevented?

I just saw on the Today Show that the three victims who died were my peers, including  a 49 year old wife and a single mom in her late 30′s.  I can’t begin to imagine how the families of the victims feel this morning.  There are also several wounded women whose lives are altered forever.

The tragedy got me to thinking,

If we are so bright and so clever we committed to ‘doing what it took’, taking the millions of small steps, energy, sweat and frustration needed to walk on the moon, why aren’t we preventing tragedies like George Sodini?

What do you think?

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